NORTHWOODS WILDERNESS RECOVERY v. U.S. FOREST SER.

No. 01-2508.

323 F.3d 405 (2003)

NORTHWOODS WILDERNESS RECOVERY, INC., Douglas R. Cornett, and Frank J. Verito, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leigh Ann Haynie (argued and briefed), Carencro, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles R. Gross (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, MI, Glenda G. Gordon (briefed), Assistant United States Attorney, Marquette, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MERRITT and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges; RUSSELL, District Judge.


OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns a decision by the United States Forest Service to approve the Rolling Thunder timber project in the Ottawa National Forest on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Plaintiffs Northwoods Wilderness Recovery, Inc., Douglas R. Cornett, and Frank J. Verito argue that the approval of the timber project was in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act,

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